Tag: Dwight Eisenhower
Steve Flowers: Roads vital and political for Alabama
Roads and bridges have been vital to Alabama since its creation. This is probably true of most states; however, it has been...
Tommy Tuberville honors veterans
In recognition of Veterans Day, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville honored seven veterans from across Alabama that the Senator recognized by telling their stories of service,...
Jim Zeigler: Veterans Day started in Alabama by an Alabama vet...
75 years ago, it all started in Birmingham, Alabama. In 1947, the first Veterans Day was celebrated only in Alabama, but the...
Will Sellers: Saint Hannah and her sinner son
The summer of 1974 in Washington DC was a political bullfight; there was one bull, but a host of matadors, picadors, and...
Long-running Veterans Day parade resumes after COVID halt
A red, white, and blue procession billed as the nation’s longest-running Veterans Day parade rolled once again Thursday despite dousing rain and...
Jim Zeigler: Veterans Day was started in Alabama by an Alabama...
It all started in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1947 – the first Veterans Day. It was celebrated only in Alabama at first, but the...
Steve Flowers: Judge Bobby Aderholt
Alabama has a legacy of great men who have served as judges in our state. Recently, revered, retired Circuit Judge Bobby Ray...
George Wallace Jr: A tribute to John Patterson and a life...
Since his passing last week at age 99, former Alabama Governor John Patterson, his character, and the deep and decades-long relationship he...
Segregationist former Alabama Gov. John Patterson dies at 99
Former Alabama Gov. John Patterson, who entered politics as a reformer after his father’s assassination but was criticized for failing to protect...
Steve Flowers: Jim Martin father of modern Republican Party in Alabama
Three years ago, Jim Martin passed away in Gadsden at 99 years old. His beloved wife of 60 years, Pat, was by...
